"Any news about Zhou Xiao?"
On the Starry Sky Train, Walter, seeing Himeko, Danheng, and the others return, adjusted his glasses and asked.
Himeko didn't answer, but Hoshino replied, "Master... went undercover with the Star Core Hunters."
“Star Core... Hunter?” Walter’s tone was somewhat puzzled, but he quickly recovered and said, “I see... yeah.”
"What! Zhou Xiao, the logistics officer, has been poached? How could he leave the train, Pam..." Upon hearing this, a sad expression flashed across Pam's face.
"Perhaps...it's just a temporary departure?" Xingmei offered a few words of comfort: "If Master really intended to leave, he certainly wouldn't have left us a letter..."
“Leaving temporarily...that won’t do, Pam!” Pam was still very upset.
"How will Pam survive without Zhou Xiao...?"
“I didn’t expect you and your master to be so close…” Xingmei was a little surprised, as Pam usually seemed to hate it when her master touched her head.
"Uh..." Hearing Xingmei's words, Pam cleared her throat, realizing that her aloof persona as a train conductor was about to collapse. Seeing this, she hurriedly tried to salvage the situation, saying:
"As a train conductor, I treat every staff member and passenger on the train with the same kindness."
"Alright, enough chit-chat. Even without Zhou Xiao, the Star Train will still keep moving forward..." Himeko said slowly after a long silence.
"Hmm..." Dan Heng nodded and then shared his opinion.
"I think... it would be better for the train to return to the Black Tower Space Station for a major overhaul first... besides, March's condition also requires systematic treatment."
His words plunged Himeko into silence once again.
Ji Zi had just finished saying that the train could still move forward even without Zhou Xiao when Dan Heng suddenly said that the train needed to reverse its journey and return to the Black Tower Space Station...
When Xingmei saw that Jizi remained silent, the way she looked at Danheng changed.
Danheng...you know how to silence people.
As expected of you...
"Then let's head back to the Black Tower Space Station. Well, that's all for now. I'm a little tired, so I'll go back and rest for a bit. Thank you all for your hard work." Himeko spoke after another period of silence.
At this moment, she was indeed physically and mentally exhausted, and constantly on edge.
Even during her first evacuation from the Yalilo VI, she didn't get much rest, as she was urgently repairing the train's power unit...
Watching Himeko's departing figure, Hoshino stroked her chin.
Why did she feel that Ji Zi seemed to have lost her soul after Zhou Xiao left?
...
While the train crew was searching, their target—Zhou Xiao—had already been taken by Kafka to a planet that was traveling in the opposite direction from the Star Train.
Kunzi-3 is the name of this planet.
Blackie, Whiteie, and people from different factions mingle on Kunzi No. 3, making it a veritable underground black market trading planet.
"Hmm—we've finally arrived." Kafka had been piloting the spaceship for a long time. After getting off the spaceship, she stretched and then waved to Zhou Xiao inside the spaceship.
"Get down."
“Hmm…” Zhou Xiao nodded and got off the spaceship with Silver Wolf.
As far as the eye could see, they had gone deep underground. A sizable area had been carved out of the hard rock layer. The air was very humid, and all sorts of spaceships were parked around.
Some of them resemble a giant Kun (a mythical fish), and the spaceships are enormous and quite distinctive.
Some are quite bizarre, resembling a soup pot. When activated, steam rises from the top of the spaceship, just like a pot of hot soup boiling in a pot. As the steam gradually decreases, the spaceship slowly lands in the area, making people want to say, "Here comes the chicken soup!"
Obviously.
This is the underground area, the spaceship's docking point.
It is somewhat similar to the lower section of Belloberg's work.
It's just warmer here.
...
Kafka casually tossed a gold coin, which was caught by a creature that looked like a catfish spirit.
"How many days will this break last?" the catfish spirit asked.
"I don't know, maybe... three to five days?" Kafka smoothed her hair and said, "You better take good care of the spaceship. If even an engine screw gets lost, you'll be in big trouble..."
"I know...don't worry." The catfish spirit chuckled, then bit the gold coin in its hand. Here, the value of official corporate currency like credits was obviously not as practical as this special gold coin.
The value of this special gold coin can only be realized in the Kunzi No. 3.
...
"Silver Wolf, take good care of him."
After Kafka finished talking to the catfish spirit, she spoke to the silver wolf beside her.
Silver Wolf frowned upon hearing the sound, turned around, chewing his bubble gum, and looked expressionlessly at Zhou Xiao, who was looking around.
"What are you looking at...keep up with me."
"good."
Following Silver Wolf and Kafka, Zhou Xiao gradually learned about the underground environment of Kunzi No. 3 planet.
This place is like an unregulated black market, with all sorts of people, including followers of various stars, and a mix of languages. You can only understand what is being said by wearing special language-translating headphones.
They sell everything here.
Weapons and equipment ranged from small items like pistols, firearms, and knives to large items like airplanes and cannons. Zhou Xiao even saw nuclear weapons for sale at one stall...
Besides weapons, there are many other strange and unusual items.
A cone of light of unknown origin, strange objects, creatures of unknown identity, a little girl with white fur and jade feet, a cute little animal girl with soft animal ears... a centaur...
There's nothing you can't buy here, only things you haven't thought of.
Of course.
The price is also very attractive.
"The waters here are deep... Even if you're tempted, don't look too much. I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it, you know?" Kafka kindly reminded Zhou Xiao, seeing his dazzled expression.
Although this planet is managed by people who prevent murder, robbery, extortion, fraud, and other heinous acts from happening openly, who knows what might happen in secret.
It was chaotic, but not that chaotic.
After all, anyone who knows about this black market planet and dares to come here must be someone with power or influence. Anyone who dares to sell things here must also have considerable strength.
Therefore, everyone tacitly agrees not to cause trouble openly... Of course, except for some clueless hotheads who think everyone here is easy prey, so they try to take advantage of people, overturn their stalls, and then get chopped into pieces and thrown out to feed the birds.
...
"So... what are we doing here?" Zhou Xiao asked.
"Didn't I say? I'll be forging the sword and getting you a new outfit."
Kafka yawned, moving freely through the "chaotic city" like a local, just like a model citizen.
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